Treasury Market Outlook: bonds are lower in heavy volume Treasury Market Outlook: bonds are lower in heavy volume as a rebound in stocks pared safe haven flows overnight. Treasuries are underperforming with the 10-year yield up over 3 bps to 2.25%. Treasuries are also down ahead of the FOM meeting and with the advent of supply as the $90 B n coupon offerings begin. U.S. equity futures and European bourses are on the mend, though Asian share markets were mostly lower with China's Shanghai down another 1.7%. Losses slowed there after official implemented new measures to boost equities. There wasn't much market moving data out. UK preliminary GDP rose 0.7% q/q. In the U.S., the FOMC begins its 2-day meeting. No surprises are expected. Earnings news will be important with Anadarko, Ford, Gilead, Merck, Pfizer, Reynolds, UPS, LVMH, Yelp, Wyndham Worldwide, Panera Bread, and GrubHub to name a few. There's not a lot of data on today's slate, with just July consumer confidence, preliminary Markit services PMI, the May Case-Shiller home price index, the July Richmond Fed manufacturing index, and weekly chain store sales. The Treasury sells $26 B in 2-year notes.

Treasury Closing Summary: Treasury Closing Summary: The bond market got a lift from the downdraft in stocks, which resumed with a vengeance overnight in China and spread like the flu to Europe and Wall Street. A robust verbal defense of the Chinese markets came from its rescue fund spokesman, which implied that official buyers will be back in tomorrow and denied any wind down of the support program. But equities remained jittery and yields settled lower, despite the proximity of the FOMC meeting later in the week. Commodites also remained soft, while durables surged thanks to Boeing and the Dallas Fed index ticked up from recent lows.